Tens of thousands of Windows 10 users who installed KB3201845 wish they hadn’t. Judging by their reports, this update is causing way more issues than it fixes. The 11 bug fixes listed by Microsoft on its support page are no match for the bevy of bugs triggered by the update itself. The most severe bugs actually make the Windows 10 OS unusable. KB3201845 breaks many apps and programs, leaving users unable to access them. And the worst part is that the majority of Windows 10 users who uninstalled the update are still experiencing these bugs. In other words, simply uninstalling the update is not a solution.

KB3201845 breaks many apps and programs

If you can’t use your Google Chrome browser or Outlook Mail, don’t worry. There’s nothing wrong with these programs themselves. It’s KB3201845 that’s breaking them. As you can see, the update doesn’t just break Windows-related apps and programs, third-party programs are also affected. After publishing an initial list of bugs caused by KB3201845, many readers used our comment section and offered us more information about the bugs they are experiencing. We’ll use this information to create a list of the apps and programs killed by KB3201845.

  1. The Settings app won’t open
  2. KB3201845 breaks DirectX12
  3. Edge crashes
  4. VLC is unresponsive
  5. KB3201845 kills Google Chrome and Steam
  6. The Start Menu, OneNote and Edge won’t open 7. Bluetooth controls are missing, making Bluetooth nonfunctional Microsoft has yet to issue any comments about this situation. Taking into account the severety of these bugs, the Redmond giant should really hurry up and push a hotfix as soon as possible. RELATED STORIES YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT:

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